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Shapen

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaped; wrought with a definite shape. in-compounds

    "ill-shapen"

Verb
  1. 1
    To shape, form. rare
  2. 2
    past participle of shape form-of, obsolete, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From shape (“external form”) + -en (“to make like”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English schapen, ischepen, from Old English ġesċapen, from Proto-Germanic *skapanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *skapaną, equivalent to shape + -en (past participle ending).

Etymology 3

From Middle English schapen, ischepen, from Old English ġesċapen, from Proto-Germanic *skapanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *skapaną, equivalent to shape + -en (past participle ending).

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